Engagement: Sara & Steve (My Sister!)
This past Sunday, my sister, her fiancé and I went out to the countryside -Sugar Grove, Illinois to shoot their engagement session.
I was nervous the entire time.
It’s one thing if you’re with a client when you’ve only just met them and they know you professionally…but it’s a different ballgame altogether when it’s someone that you’ve known all your life.
Someone whose shoe laces you purposely tied together cus you knew she couldn’t untie them. Someone that you’d say “EWWWWW” to when you were 8, she was 5 and your mom and dad would ask you to kiss her on the cheek for the camera.
In the end however, things worked out well and I got several sweet photos of Sara & Steve that I liked. I brought a Canon 5D Mark I and 3 lenses:
Here are my favorites and some stories behind them:
It's so subtle. It's Ninja.
Take 1: Steve was doing the sexy dance behind me while she was trying to get this right.
Take 2.
The Silly Gooses. (I know...I just don't like how Geese sounds...)
I think out of all the pictures, this one best describes Sara & Steve
The forest colors were incredible!
Then it started raining….
Fortunately it stopped and we managed to keep on shooting!
Congratulations again Sara & Steve =) I can’t wait for the wedding!
Love, Kuya
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The forest colors were gorgeous indeed!
They’re all lovely.
beautiful shots, marc! I’m glad it turned out so well for you and your sister
Great shots! Nice post-work as well. gosh dangit i want that wide angle lol.
you already know….but LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!
awesome bro!! keep up the work. those are some crazy epic trees man! hahaha
hey great esession marc! you gotta let me know where this is! btw are you fully converted now? hahaha we are using the same set up! but im sure you’re eyeing that 24 or 35 1.4!
Lovely! The shot with the umbrella is beautiful. It would look great really big.
BEAUTIFUL PICS!! LOVE THE FALL COLORS!! very talented marc
marc, great use of the landscapes in the photos!!! I love the one with the huge tree…
very nice. the forest looks amazing! i can’t believe she’s getting married already. i remember taking her to my prom LOL how did you light them up in the wide angle shots? did you just dodge them in PS?
LOVE THE PICS KUYA KUYA!! GREAT JOB !!
Beautiful work, Marc! I’m shooting my sister’s wedding next year so I’m with you with the feelings.
BTW, my fav is the wide angle with the umbrella. Did you use any strobes with that shot?
Congratulations to your sister! Good job!
Great stuff Marc…
very nice w the foliage
love it. The colors and texture from scene are awesome.
ur photos are absolutely amazing! love the trees and the emotions captured.
ps. for the photo request, take a self portrait